Monday, September 21, 2015

Once Lost by Ber Carroll

I received this book as part of the Blog Tour. I loved it! It was compelling and gripping. I liked the wo main characters Emma and Louise. It was their friendship that brought the book together. Both women had difficulties and hardships to work through. Reading and experiencing their individual journeys was interesting. How each worked through each roadblock was well written. I can't wait to read more by this author. I recommend for book clubs. Great angles and stories.

Are some things better left unfound?

Best
friends Louise and Emma grew up next door to each other in a grim inner-city
suburb of Dublin.

Now
Louise, an art conservator, is thousands of miles away in Sydney, restoring a
beautiful old painting. She meets Dan, whose family welcome her as one of their
own, but she will always feel lost until she finds her mother who walked out
when she was just eight years old.

Back in
Dublin, Emma is stuck in a job where she is under-appreciated and underpaid,
but her biggest worry is her ex-partner, Jamie. Emma has lost so much because
of Jamie: her innocence, her reputation, almost her life. Now she is at risk of
losing Isla, her young daughter.

So where
is Louise's mother? Will Emma ever be free of her ex? Both women frantically
search for answers, but when the truth finally emerges it is more shattering
than they had ever expected.

Ber Carroll was born in Blarney, County Cork, and moved to Australia in 1995. Her first novel, Executive Affair, was inspired by her initial impressions of Sydney, and her exciting, dynamic work environment at the time. Ber now lives in Sydney’s northern beaches with her husband and two children. Incidentally, Ber is short for Bernadette, but please don’t call her Bernadette: this is what her mother calls her when she is in trouble for something.

Ber’s novels have been published in five countries, including Ireland. If you would like to know more about Ber and her novels, you can visit her website at www.bercarroll.com, or you can subscribe to her newsletter (Book Chat) with fellow authors Dianne Blacklock and Liane Moriarty (see Ber’s website for a link to the newsletter and to find Ber on Facebook).